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InBootcampbyMary Mahling Carns“I alone can fix it” doesn’t work for productsI have witnessed sprint planning sessions nearly turn into fistfights.Aug 28, 2024Aug 28, 2024
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InBootcampbyMary Mahling CarnsShow your power users that you care: shortcut strategiesYears ago, before I changed my profession towards design, I sold classified advertising for newspapers. It was the nineties, so we all…May 10, 20238May 10, 20238
InBootcampbyMary Mahling CarnsWhen people get used to crap: strategies to avoid the sunk cost fallacyI studied photography when I was in college. The dirty smelly analog kind, the kind when you’re in a darkroom for hours on sunny days…Apr 26, 202319Apr 26, 202319
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